These Commercial Victimization Surveys were collected as
part of the National Crime Surveys. They document burglary and robbery
incidents for all types of commercial establishments, as well as
political, cultural, and religious organizations. Business
characteristics gathered include form of ownership and operation, size
and type of business, and security measures. Information regarding the
reported incidents includes time and place, weapon involvement,
offender and entry characteristics, injuries and deaths, and type and
value of stolen proper... (more info)

These Commercial Victimization Surveys were collected as
part of the National Crime Surveys. They document burglary and robbery
incidents for all types of commercial establishments, as well as
political, cultural, and religious organizations. Business
characteristics gathered include form of ownership and operation, size
and type of business, and security measures. Information regarding the
reported incidents includes time and place, weapon involvement,
offender and entry characteristics, injuries and deaths, and type and
value of stolen property. Data were collected by calendar quarter for
four quarters in 1973-1976 and for two quarters in 1977, while the
actual incidents reported in the files reflect those occurring six
months prior to the interview date.

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Dataset(s)

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Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Commercial Victimization Surveys, 1973-1977 [United States]: National Sample. ICPSR08003-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08003.v2

Universe:
Commercial establishments in the United States in
1973-1977.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

These data are contained in 18 hierarchical
files. There are two record types, business records and incident
records. Every case has a business record. The number of incident
records for a case varies according to the number of times (if any)
that particular business had been victimized during the reference
period. There are 203 variables.

Methodology

Sample:
The sample was selected using a stratified multistage
cluster technique. In the first stage, the sample consisted of 34
primary sampling units (PSUs). In July 1975, 24 additional PSUs were
added. However, the increased sample size is not reflected in the data
until July 1976. In the second stage, sample segments were chosen from
the PSUs at a rate of 1 in 24. Note that one PSU has approximately 600
segments. Approximately 50,000 establishments were selected for
interview.

Data Source:

personal interviews and telephone interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Standardized missing values.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-03-18

Version History:

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 19 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 19 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.